A Legend Untold
Summery/AU: They never thought that they'd meet again. They weren't prepared for any of the events that would take place and change their lives forever. No one believed that the legend would actually come true, after all it was just a myth of a demon and an angel…wasn't it?
A/N: alright, I know it's been a while since I last updated and I'm sorry, I don't really have a good excuse, its just the same things- school, being lazy, procrastinating, and enjoying vacations, I'M SORRY!!…does anyone even read my little weird author notes?!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, just this little story of mine. the only thing that's mine is MY PERMIT!!! Woot-woot, finally got it!
P.S. I know I said a looong time ago that I would put some song lyrics in this story BUT IT'S HARD!! Especially when the story is ninja based and not like a high school fic or something, so that might not happen….my bad, hehe.
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Chapter 10: Daikok, The Great Burakku Pansaa
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Last chapter:
"I'm going to question the Uchiha, so bring Kakashi and Uzumaki with you later today," Tsunade told her before she stormed out of the room, saying "It wasn't funny…" and so on.
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That evening
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"Hahaha, really?" Naruto asked his shy companion as he ate his ramen.
"Y-yes," Hinata shyly replied. She had just come back from a mission with her team and Naruto had seen her and asked her to go to Ichiruka's to eat ramen with him. She was telling him about her mission and mentioned that when they were at the village, a stray cat had jumped on Kiba's head from a rooftop that caused quite a commotion.
"Why, is that dog-boy afraid of cats or something?" he amusedly asked.
Hinata wondered if she should be telling Naruto this, after all it was one of Kiba's weaknesses and she knows that he and Naruto have this "friendly" rivalry going on.
"U-uh…w-well, he, I me-mean…"
"Hahghhgha-" Naruto laughed with a mouthful of noodles at Kiba's "weakness" before he started choking on them and started pounding on his back. Hinata sat there worriedly and panicked wondering what she should do as she watched him bugg-eyed and awkwardly pounding on his back. She slowly reached with her shaking hand and lightly patted him on the back.
With one last pound and gag, he felt the noodles slip down to his stomach and air fill his lungs. "Oh, man. I've got to stop laughing while I'm eating, but hahahah, I can't believe dog-boy's weakness is cats!!" Naruto started laughing, forgetting about his bowl of half finished noodles.
Hinata just sat there, staring at her hand on his back. 'I c-can't believe I t-touched Na-Naruto-kun!' She quickly retracted her hand back as blood rushed up to her face.
"Wow! What a manly weakness he's got! Hahaha."
"Of course you'd be here."
Naruto and Hinata turned around to see Kakashi, Sakura and Yumi behind them.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Naruto asked accusingly as he pointed at Yumi. She rolled her eyes.
"It means all you eat is ramen so of course you'd be here, I wouldn't be surprised if your intestines have probably turned to noodles," Sakura said. Naruto 'hmphed' and continued slurping down his ramen.
"We have to see the Hokage, let's go Naruto," Kakashi said as he continued to read his beloved book. Yumi stared at him, wondering how he could be so engrossed in such a book.
"I don't like to be rushed," he said in between slurps. Yumi glared at his back, wondering how he could be in her and her beloved Sasuke's team. Sakura heavily sighed at her teammates behavior. She walked towards him and with an apologizing smile at Hinata, she grabbed his shirt and dragged him off his stool.
"Sorry, Hinata, but he's got to come with us," Sakura said as she tried to keep Naruto from reaching his bowl of ramen. Hinata smiled and nodded in understanding.
Sakura turned around and dragged Naruto out of the ramen stand .
"I'll see you tomorrow Hinata-chan!" he bellowed as they made their way to the Hokage tower.
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Hokage Tower
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"You couldn't wait a little longer, baa-chan?" Naruto asked as he walked through the door unannounced.
Tsunade scowled at his behavior and stopped herself from wringing his neck. When everyone had entered and stood next to Sasuke, she greeted them and told them why they were there.
"As you all know, Sasuke here, has the Burakku Pansaa seal on his back and has been keeping it from everyone for quite a while," she said as she glared at Sasuke.
"I want to know for how long you've had it," she demanded, going straight to the questions she had.
"A week, a week and a half," Sasuke nonchalantly guessed.
"Can you be a bit more specific?"
Sasuke glared at Tsunade, "I wasn't keeping count of the days." Naruto snorted but quickly hid it with a fake cough when he saw Tsunade's scowl.
"How did you get it?" Everyone in the room looked at Sasuke, all curious as to how it happened.
Sasuke thought about it. "The first time I felt it was when I woke up a few days ago. I didn't know what it was and I didn't have the seal on my back, but then a day or two later I got the same feeling and when I checked in the mirror, I had the seal," Sasuke finished.
"So, the second time when you felt that feeling must have been when the demon was awakened," Tsunade said out loud as she mulled over his words.
"The feeling you had, I'm presuming it was pain," Tsunade said as she eyed Sasuke. He nodded at her presumption. Tsunade sighed, she wanted him to be more specific and detailed, but knew that that was as specific as Sasuke was going to get.
"Is it like with Naruto and Kyubi? Can you communicate with him?"
"Hn," he replied, with a nod accompanying it. This seemed to spark some interest in Naruto and the others.
"Really? So what's his name? Did he tell you anything about Kyubi?" Naruto anxiously asked.
"His name is Daikok, and no, not really," Sasuke said.
"Daikok?" Sakura questioned.
"Interesting. Same name as one of the Seven Gods of Bliss," Kakashi said as he reverted his attention back to his book.
"The Seven Gods of Bliss? Who are they?" Sakura questioned.
"An ancient folklore of a group of supernatural beings. The Seven Gods of Bliss are Daikok, Ebis, Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Hotê, Jurôjin and Fukrokju or Kisshôten. Daikok, meaning The Great Black One, was one of the most destructive and awe-inspiring deities there are," Tsunade informed the group.
"God of destruction…a perfectly fitting name for the demon panther," Yumi said.
A/N: the seven gods of bliss is real people and so are the names and everything, I did my research, hehe. I thought Daikok fit the panther, if you guys have a better name tell me! suggestions are welcome.
"Wow," Naruto whispered to himself. "Are you sure he didn't say anything about Kyubi? Weren't they friends or something back…uh..in the day?" Naruto asked Sasuke.
"Daikok just mentioned his name. Seems like he can feel the Kyubi when I'm next to you," Sasuke said to quiet him down.
"I wonder…" Tsunade said under her breath as her mind kept spinning with questions.
"Do you have control over Daikok?" Kakashi asked Sasuke. Seeing the confused look on Sasuke's face Kakashi feared that Sasuke doesn't have control over the demon panther.
Tsunade reminded herself to question him about that later.
"That's right. When you communicate with him, how is it? Do you see the panther, or is it just his voice that you hear?" Naruto asked, wondering if it was the same as him and Kyubi. Sasuke thought back to his conversation with Daikok.
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Flashback
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Sasuke was at the training grounds while his teammates were who knows where.
He jumped up in the air and threw three shuriken at the dummy before he appeared behind it and did a combination of punches and kicks at it when he suddenly heard a distant voice in his head. Sasuke stopped his assault on the dummy, when he didn't hear anything he turned back to his training.
Suddenly, a deep demonic voice reached his ears. "A Uchiha, huh?" He said before he laughed to himself. "Looks like I picked a good one this time." Sasuke closed his eyes and concentrated on the voice. He wondered if he could talk to him or if he can just hear him talk to him.
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked as he unconsciously stepped into a fighting stance.
"Hahaha…there's no need to sound so hostile, Uchiha. I won't hurt you…for now."
Sasuke angrily growled at the voice. "Heh, I'm Daikok, the panther Jinchuuriki," Daikok amusingly answered Sasuke. Then it dawned on Sasuke, the voice he's been hearing all this time was the nine-tailed black demon panther, Burakku Pansaa.
"Didn't think you could talk to me, did ya."
"What did you mean, you picked a good one this time? You were sealed in some kid 10 centuries ago and couldn't get a body 10 centuries later, that being now," Sasuke asked, remembering what Tsunade had told them.
"You think a mere seal can keep me from getting a host, boy?!" Daikok loudly said in a booming, menacing voice, "I am stronger than you weakling humans think!" the demon panther proudly boasted.
"A seal might have worked on Kyubi, but I'm not such a fool as to be unprepared. Heh, I can feel his power whenever you're with one of your teammates."
"You're saying that you knew they were going to seal you, but Kyubi didn't know of what was going to happen to him?"
"Hmm," Daikok hummed in agreement.
"Why didn't Kyubi know?" Sasuke asked out of curiosity.
Daikok intensely stared at Sasuke, "…He wasn't himself…"
"Meaning?" Sasuke asked. He wanted Daikok to just tell him, he wasn't one to ask so many questions.
"That's none of your concern, boy!" Daikok bellowed as his eyes narrowed. Sasuke glared at him, but knew when to keep his mouth shut.
"So you have had other hosts before me and the kid centuries ago," Sasuke said in more of a statement as he brought the subject back on track.
"Oh-ho, and a smart one you are too," Daikok mockingly said. Sasuke growled at the insulting remark. He looked at his surroundings, he was in a dark place and all he could make out was a dark looming figure in front of him.
It was many stories tall, and as Sasuke looked higher, he could see two big yellow shining eyes with black slits, that of like a snakes, in the middle, staring down at him. Sasuke shivered, such menacing eyes, he suddenly felt like prey to the predator.
Sasuke tried moving forward, but wasn't able to, some kind of force was keeping him back.
"You can't come here, boy. Our connection is not strong enough, I will need more time to get used to your body and chakra and vise versa before you can see me," Daikok informed him.
"Name's Sasuke. How do you know I'm a Uchiha?" Sasuke asked, he was getting annoyed of being called a boy.
"I've encountered one before…and a strong one he was," Daikok said as he seemed to be measuring Sasuke with his eyes. His power, his endurance, strength, until he noticed the seal on his shoulder.
"Orochimaru's seal," Daikok stated. Sasuke tensed when he mentioned the familiar name of the same person he loathed.
"Hn."
"Looks like I'm out of time for today…I'll be talking to you again…Sasuke."
"Who was it that you've encountered?" Sasuke asked before the figure completely disappeared out of his sight.
Daikok gave a low menacing chuckle before he disappeared.
Sasuke stood in shock behind the dummy. He was back at the training grounds, but he couldn't get the name Daikok said out of his head before he disappeared. "…Madara…"
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End of Flashback
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"I've only heard his voice," Sasuke said after a while. He didn't want to be asked anymore questions. He hasn't even had much time to think about everything himself and now he was being bombarded with questions and it was annoying him.
"Wait, back to the necklace. Are you saying that the necklace has remains of the angel's powers in it?" Sakura asked after she thought of what Tsunade said before.
"Agh! Baa-chan, can we get some chairs in here, I'm getting tired of standing," Nauto whined. They had been standing for about an hour now.
"If you don't want a chair to be broken by your head, then I'd suggest you keep your mouth shut, you runt!" Tsunade said as she balled her hands into fists and glared at his shrinking form.
"I'm not positive, but there's a high possibility that it does," Tsunade replied back to Sakura, while hoping that her glare could burn a hole in the blonde's head.
"So, could it be possible that sooner or later, if he doesn't already, that Daikok will feel the energy from the necklace and know it's the angel's, much like he can feel Kyubi?" Sakura asked.
Tsunade thought about it. "If he doesn't know now, then maybe he won't be able to because there might be…things keeping it from knowing. After the war when he went back for the angel, he was in Star Village but could not detect the necklace. It might be that there isn't enough power in the necklace for Daikok to actually feel it, his own power overpowering that of the necklaces', " Tsunade reasoned.
"Makes sense," Naruto chimed in.
Tsunade thought that it was enough questions for today, and dismissed the team.
As Sasuke and Naruto walked side by side, Sasuke thought back to what the demon panther had told him. He wondered if Naruto knew of why Kyubi didn't know that he was going to be sealed.
"Sasuke-kun!! Where are you going?" Yumi asked him as she quickly grabbed his arm before he could get away.
Sasuke glared at her and roughly pulled his arm back to his body and kept walking.
"Stop bothering teme, Yumi," Naruto said. "I don't want to hear you and teme bickering like an old couple," he said and quickly ran away cackling before Sasuke could get a hold on him and let him feel his wrath.
"Haha. Hey dog-brea- I mean Kiba, you want to go to a pet shop… I was thinking of getting a pet!" Naruto called out to Kiba as he ran to him, ready to test out Kiba's weakness.
"Grr, damn dobe," Sasuke muttered under his breath as he heard Yumi giggle and saw her back clinging on his arm.
'Ha, finally I'm with my Sasuke-kun, now if only that troll would just leave us alone,' Yumi thought as she glared at Sakura behind them.
Sakura saw the interaction and wanted to gag. 'What is her deal? I'm seriously starting to think she's blind, can't she see Sasuke's annoyed face?!' Sakura bitterly thought as she watched Sasuke tell Yumi to let go of him, again. She watched as Yumi gave her a smirk as she walked ahead with Sasuke.
"Stupid, ugh! I'll show her," Sakura said as she increased her pace and got to Sasuke's other side.
"Sasuke, let's go to Ichiruka's," Sakura smiled up at him grabbed his hand and started making her way to Naruto's second home. Sasuke followed her, confused and surprised by her actions. Just a few hours ago she was yelling at him and ordering him around. 'Maybe it's that time of the month.'
Suddenly he felt a tug on his other arm and turned around to see Yumi's death grip on his arm and her seething face.
"Sakura, what do you think you're doing?" Yumi slowly asked the pink haired kunoichi in a menacing tone.
"I'm taking Sasuke to Ichiruka's," Sakura answered as she tugged harder on Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke was getting pretty annoyed at this and decided to just get out of it before it got violent. He quickly brought his hands together, almost causing the two girls to collide into each other, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
After Yumi was out of her shocked state, "This is all your fault!" she accusingly said to Sakura as she pointed her finger in her face.
"My fault?! Can't you see that he can't even stand you! So what makes you think he's going to go anywhere with you?!" Sakura yelled at Yumi, wanting to put her in her place.
"You're trying to steal him away from me like all those years ago, you bitch! I'm not stupid, so you better stay away from him if you know what's good for you!"
"Steal him from you?!" Sakura screeched, "You've never even been together!!"
"Shut up! You don't know anything!" Yumi screamed as she got ready to fight.
Sakura opened her mouth to retort back, but decided against it. 'I can't believe I'm having a fight with Yumi, about a guy…about SASUKE! Ok, I'm going crazy, I don't care if she's all over Sasuke, so what…OK, maybe I do care! So what! I like Sasuke, it's no big de-…Ohhh boy. Did I just say that? I don't like- I mean…I can't! He's like a human replica of an ice berg! Once I even believed he was gay because he never showed interest in girls! He'll never warm up to me or anybody!' Sakura thought.
She turned around and walked away, hoping to clear her mind and forget she even had those thoughts when she knew she had no chance.
"Yeah, you better run if you don't want to be flattened!! And stay away from my man!!" Yumi screamed after Sakura.
"Ugh, shut up already…" Sakura said as she made her way down the street. Her stomach made it known that it was hungry after it gave a mighty grumble and the passer by's stared at her, wondering how such a tiny girl like her could emit such a loud grumble.
Sakura ran the rest of the way with a flaming face and slumped down on a stool at Ichiruka's. Another grumble became known as she smelled the aroma drifting from the kitchen, she mumbled incoherently as she banged her head on the counter.
"Hungry?"
She quickly sat up and stared at the person besides her, unable to form words. Sasuke smirked at her blank expression as he waited for his order to get there.
"What are you doing here?" She finally said after she cleared her throat and quickly looked away trying to hide her blush.
"You invited me here," he answered in a monotone voice.
Sakura smiled at that, 'He actually came here because I said to.'
"…And I was hungry," he said and side glanced to watch her expression change from a smile to a frown.
"Yeah, yeah," she said as she glared at him, 'Way to go, chicken butt, ruin my moment of joy and victory why don't ya!'
Sasuke smirked and grabbed his chopsticks and started eating his ramen. Sakura 'hmphed' and followed his suit.
A few minutes later, Sakura couldn't help but stare at Sasuke's bowl of miso ramen. It smelled delicious and she wondered why she didn't order miso instead. She badly wanted some, but currently didn't have any money on her for another bowl.
"Hey, Sasuke, isn't that Yumi taking pictures of you?" Sakura said and pointed behind him.
Sasuke quickly looked behind him with a scowl on his face and didn't see anybody out there. He turned around and saw Sakura trying to get some of his ramen. He coughed and she froze in place, her chopsticks still in Sasuke's bowl, Sasuke amusedly looked at her. She looked like Naruto when he was caught reading one of Kakashi's infamous books.
"What are you doing?" he asked the girl in a stern voice as he looked down at her since she had to lean over to reach his bowl.
"Uh…I…was hungry for miso ramen?" she said as she stared up at him.
"He..he," Sakura nervously chuckled.
"…You could have just asked," Sasuke said and watched as she sweat dropped and almost fell out of her stool.
"Ha, yeah right!" she exclaimed, "Please, we both know you wouldn't have allowed me to get some of your ramen," Sakura said.
Sasuke gave her a knowing smirk and shrugged his shoulders. He pushed his bowl in the middle so that she'd have an easier time getting them.
Sakura was surprised that Sasuke was actually sharing with her. 'Hm, maybe I do have a chance.'
After happily chatting with Sasuke (her doing most of the talking), they walked on the street, making their way to their homes.
When it came time for them to go their separate ways, Sakura quickly remembered something she wanted to ask him.
"Sasuke, do you mind if I sometimes drop by at the Uchiha mansion to...um... visit your parents?" she quickly asked hoping that he would say 'yes'.
Sasuke stopped in his tracks and thought about it. "…Hn…" he replied as he walked away to his home.
'I'll take that as a yes, then,' she thought as she walked to her place, wanting to get in her welcoming, soft, warm, bed.
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Somewhere in the distance
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"NARUTO!!! You're dead meat!!…Get back here foxy!"
"Haha, that does not sound right, man. I didn't know you were like that!! Ahhh, it was just a joke! Ahhh, noo…my froggy!!!" (his frog wallet, thingy)
"I'll kill you!! And I didn't mean it like that! You idiot, you should stop reading those perverted books your sensei reads!….AKAMARU get him!!"
"AHHH…."
To be continued…
R&R
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, lol, I had to put the last parts, it seemed funny when it popped in my head, idk, anyways, thx for sticking with my story.
--Liz